It looks like the Brits aren't exactly going to be welcoming President Donald Trump [1] with open arms for his first visit to the UK on July 13. There's an impassioned campaign afoot across the pond [2] to make Green Day's hit song "American Idiot" the No. 1 single on English charts by the time the POTUS touches down on UK soil, and — *spoiler alert* — it's working.
Since the movement began, many Brits have been smashing download buttons for the 2004 jam on various music-streaming platforms. As of July 10, "American Idiot" nabbed the No. 1 spot both on Amazon's UK bestseller list [3] and on Google Play's Top Songs list in the UK [4], as well as the No. 18 spot on Britain's Official Singles Chart [5]. The campaign also has its own Facebook page, aptly titled "Get American Idiot to No.1 for Trump's UK Visit [6]," which has more than 20,000 followers who fervently track the song's chart-climbing progress.
Read on to learn more about this entertaining campaign, and click here [7] to help the Brits peacefully protest before being faced with the real namesake of Green Day's "American Idiot."